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Wish you a happy Deepavali!

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As the “FESTIVALS OF LIGHTS”, DEEPAVALI, is ap-proaching, we really need to be aware of the harmful effects and tragic consequences it can cause if proper care is not taken. It is very disheartening to see people losing eyesight due to fire-cracker injury.Of late, due to awareness programmes through media-radio, TV, News papers etc., the incidence of injuries are on a slight decline.We do see a variety of injuries due to crackers. It could be the propelling force of the cracker burst, its thermal effect, or the chemicals in the cracker that could lead to devastating consequences. It can be as simple as superficial skin scalding and singing of eye lashes or eyebrows, to a sight threatening corneo-scleral tear with internal hemorrhage and /or with small pieces of burst crackers retained inside the eye. Chemical injury due to crackers can actually melt the eye and one can be blind with in few minutes after the occurrence of injury. It is really pathetic to see a child losing vision after a colour-ful glittering DEEPAVALI.

FIRST-AID after the cracker injury Immediately wash the eye with clean water (drinking water or boiled and cooled water) Copious irrigation is needed at least for five minutes. If there is bleeding from the eye, apply pad and bandage. Do not wait and waste time as the chemicals can percolate in to the internal parts of the eye and can cause irreversible damage. Rush to the nearest eye hospital. Most eye hospitals offer 24 hours service during the Deepavali period

It is not only the persons bursting the crackers who get in-jured, but bystanders, innocent onlookers and pedestrians are also the sufferers.Most common crackers are the flower pots, rockets, bombs plus newer fancy crackers whose usage instructions are not clear.We hardly get any time to react or move away when the actual accident occurs-as it happens in a split second. All that we need to do is to follow safety measures.

Tips for a safe Deepavali Always wear cotton clothes, protective glasses for the eye and proper footwear.

Children should always burst crackers under the super-vision of adults.

The type of crackers to be given to children should be cho-sen by parents.

Longer agarabattis only to be used for safety purpose.

Choose a proper open space and well lit area.

Do not burst crackers on the roads.

Every one should wear protective glasses while driving during Deepavali days compulsorily.

Always wash hands thoroughly after bursting crackers.

People who are asthmatics, have allergy to smoke and dust should refrain from that environment.

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jayaNagar jp Nagar & BTM

learning beyond schoolage no barCurious what a lawyer’s life is like? Or a scientist’s? This study centre has satisfying this curiosity for two decades now.

When G S Narayanan, now 80, retired as a DGM from NABARD in 1992, he had already made his retirement plans. His avid interest in different subjects led to him forming an informal group of people, mostly his neighbours, to come together to listen to expert talks. Shifting to Jayanagar from Basavanagudi in 1979 where he had regularly attended

talks at the Indian Institute of World Culture, he found, “Jayanagar had nothing of that sort and I wanted to start something”. Thus, the Jayanagar Study Centre was started.

Narayanan says that many of his neighbours were experts or intellectuals in the field of law, engineering, health and other fields and readily agreed to come and talk. The talks were held at Narayanan’s home in 4th ‘T’ Block, on alternate Saturdays. From five people, the number of people attending the lectures grew to 30 in just a few months and Narayanan’s house could

not accommodate them all. The Rashtriya Sharirika Shikshana Kendra in 5th block supported them with the venue.

Since then, the centre has held over 400 lectures and currently has 150 members from different parts of the city, most of them in their fifties and sixties. Lifetime membership costs a fee of Rs 500 but the lectures are open to the general public as well, free of cost.

Previous talks include Late Dr Raja Ramanna on Science, film actor Tara on the role and life of an actor, BESCOM Managing Director P Manivannan on power conservation and former Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Praveen Sood on the role of citizens in handling traffic violations in their localities.

Apart from the lecures, the centre also honours one person or organisation every year, with considerable achievements, as an “Achiever”, which entails a citation and a purse, raised by contributions from members. This year, Dr Jayant Kumar, 41, a social worker who is also visually challenged, is being felicitated.

The centre is celebrating its 20th anniversary at 5 pm on 22nd October with a function at the Rashtrottana hall in Jayanagar 5th Block. Justice V S Malimath, former Chief Justice of Karnataka and Professor S C Sharma ,Vice Chancellor of Tumkur University will release the souvenir. M N Vidya Shankar, IAS, Principal Secretary, E-Governance and IT/BT ,Government of Karnataka will honour Dr Jayant Kumar. ⊕

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Jayanagar 4th block coMplex update

B Nagendra, Executive Engineer at Infrastructure Division-6 of BDA, says that the renovation project got stalled as the two companies that applied for the contract did not qualify. “Two companies - Unity Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and CCCL - had applied. They qualified in the initial stages, but failed in the technical qualification stage.” The project is now up for re-tendering. The new tender documents will be uploaded in the BDA website by 19th and the tender process will be completed in the next two months, says Nagendra. Work is expected to be complete within 18 months of the tender being finalised.

“I called it study centre because no matter how old we get, there is always something to learn”

G S Narayanan, Founder, Jayanagar Study Centre.

An interactive meet with Praveen Sood. Pic: Yogaraj Mudalgi.

Pic: YM


JP Nagar Citizens’ Association (JPNCA) on 9th October celebrated its 35th Anniversary at VET School Auditorium. A little over a 100 members gathered at 530 pm in the evening as three senior past presidents of the association – Colonel (Retd) G K Burli, V S Rao and Bhoja Shetty were honoured on the occasion. Film actor Avinash, his wife and television

actor Malavika Avinash, who live in Rajarajeshwarinagar, presided as Chief Guests while Dr Y L Rajashekar of Shekar Nethralaya was the Guest of Honour. Also present was JP Nagar BBMP councillor Chandrashekhar Raju.

Speaking at the event, current President M A Chowdappa said that apart from focussing of

civic issues plaguing the locality, the Association will embark on membership drives in the coming months to increase participation. “We need more youth to participate in the association’s activities for it to grow,” he said.

V S Rao, who served the association as president in the mid-nineties, recalled how the association has grown since its formation in the late seventies. “JP Nagar had barely any houses then and no street lights. We would go to KEB’s office after work to get a lineman to come with us and install the lights,” he said.

Some of the other achievements of the Association include getting to shut down a hazardous gas emitting chemical factory in the late eighties and more recently, legally reclaiming land given to a religious organisation but which was originally allotted to build the Dhanvanthri Park in JP Nagar 2nd Phase. ⊕

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After almost three years of delay, a 66 KVA substation will finally be constructed in Jayanagar 3rd Block by Karnataka Power Transmission Company Limited (KPTCL). The old BESCOM office in 3rd Block, near NMKRV Women’s College will be demolished to make way for the substation.

The contract for building the substation has been given to Godrej & Boyce, a Mumbai based contracting company, and will cost Rs 20 crore. A J Hosamani, Chief Engineer (Tending and Procurement) attributed the delay to a dispute in the tendering process which had reached the High Court. “An order was passed to call for fresh tenders and it has been awarded to Godrej & Boyce,” he said.

Hosamani said that the substation will improve the voltage profile in the area. “Because Jayanagar received power from different stations, it would sometimes cause low voltage. This will be solved by the new station in addition to meeting the energy demands of Jayanagar and surrounding areas,” said Hosmath. He added that the construction would begin in a few months but declined to give an

estimate on when it would be complete.

Narahari Mukund, a member of 5th Block Jayanagar Resident’s Welfare Association had written to Citizen Matters about the issue. ⊕

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“after three decades, we need young blood”

Thebuilding that will get demolished. Pic: YM

From left: Chandrashekhar Raju, Avinash, Malavika Avinash, Dr Y L Rajashekar, M A Chowdappa, Desi Ramam Rao. Pic: YM

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If you have a penchant for embroidered fabric in pastel colours, then Hakoba is the place. It offers fabrics with beautiful embroidery in subtle colours. Bengaluru houses exclusive showrooms of Hakoba at Jayanagar, Gandhi Bazaar and Commercial street. The Jayanagar store sells sarees, salwar kameez, dupatta sets to embroidered fashion fabrics. It also offers Kurtas and party wear shirt for men.

A privilege once reserved for kings and queens,

embroidery is an ancient art. Centuries ago, embroidery added grace and refinement to royal finery.

Hakoba has revolutionised embroidery in India. In the recent past, Pioneer Embroideries Ltd took over Hakoba. Hakoba has evolved from pastels and old world charm into a statement of international contemporary fashion.

Hakoba is headquartered at Mumbai with the manufacturing unit at Gurgaon. The fabric is sourced from Mumbai. “The price range for tops is

from ̀ 195 rupees to ̀ 645, and Salwar kameez sets range from `195 to `595 per meter,” says Senthil P, manager of the Jayanagar showroom.

Hakoba material is available at many local shops in Malleshwaram, the bylanes of Commercial street, Gandhi bazar, Vijayanagar and other shopping centres too. ⊕

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Where to buy deepavali sweets?

hakoba, fabric of the royalty

The marathon of festivals is now peaking with Deepavali around the corner. There seems to be no festival fatigue in sight as shops court their customers in different ways.

Armed with an opportunistic license given by the festival, corporates and clients felicitate each other with gift hampers of dry fruits, sweets of salted savouries and sweets.

Adyar Anand Bhavan, next to BTM Petrol Pump, Maiyyas, G Pulla Reddy, Sri Venkateshwara Sweets, Dharwad Mishra Peda, Parimala Sweets (4th Block) are gearing up to meet the consumer rush. Dr P Sadananda Maiyya, Director of Maiyyas Beverages and Foods Pvt Ltd says that their mechanised production makes it possible to make bulk sweets such as Mysore Pak in minutes.

In order to ensure freshness and quality, they will cater to the estimated 100% increase in sales about three to four days before the festival. Demand is maximum among corporate clients, who go in for almond based sweets. A half kg of mixed sweets is likely to cost Rs.250/-

Dhanteras , observed on 24th October, is the festival

when people from North India usually buy steel utensils, silver or gold coins and jewellery. The adverts of new launches are hogging the front pages of dailies, be it camera, mobiles or laptops, cars or property. This is the time to exchange that old TV or grinder or cook-stove for a new one as exchange offers. Check out branded as well as your local electronic goods shops. ⊕

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The festival of light, a lovely sight

Above: Electrical lamps, Jayanagar: Rs 50. Above right: Electrical lights.. Rs 50 for a string of 10 lights, Jayanagar Complex.

Below: Porcelain diyas at JP nagar: Rs 30 a pair. Below right: Chinese type lamp shades - Rs 200.Jayanagar Complex.

Top row: Painted earthen diya, painted by Pallavi. Rs 50 a pair; Earthen lamp shade, Rs 150 at Jayanagar complex. Bottom row: Brass lamp Rs 400, Gudi, Gandhi bazaar. Clay diya Rs 150 each at Jayanagar complex, Glass swan Rs 165 each,.Jayanagar complex. All pictures and info: Nagashree Gururaj.


The road connecting 6th and 7th main roads of KEB Layout was built to facilitate traffic and parking for a Sai Baba temple opposite the park.

Children play on this road. “It is dangerous, but children have no other play area. Elderly people also cannot move around easily as vehicles pass through these roads often,” says P Shantaraj, 82, a resident of the layout.

The layout formed by KEB Employees Co-operative Society in 1979, is home to 220 families. The temple authorities started requesting BBMP for a road through the park around 2000. The temple was built in the layout’s Civic Amenity (CA) site by Sree Sadguru Sainath Seva Samithi, which had taken the site on a 30-year-lease from BDA in 1997.

BBMP demolished the children’s park in January 2009. Backed by a letter from MLA B N Vijayakumar, they built the road connecting 6th main with 7th main, which otherwise were dead ends. Now vehicles are perpetually parked in front of houses in this fully

residential area. “It is worse on Thursdays when there are bhajans and a large number of devotees visit,” says Shantaraj.

KEB layout RWA filed a case in High Court against BBMP, BDA, Samithi and others in 2009, saying that the road

was illegal and that the park should be restored. In May 2011, the court dismissed the case saying that the road does serve public interest and BBMP was free to use the park the way it wanted. Residents approached

the Supreme Court after this, but SC has now refused to admit the case.

In High Court, residents had cited the Parks, Playgrounds and Open Spaces Act, which says that BBMP should notify all its parks annually and protect them. The law was passed in 1985, but the Palike had never made a list. But the HC ordered that since the park was not notified, it did not have to be protected. Residents may now file a separate case on road width - BBMP was to make a 3m wide road, but an RTI shows the

width to be 7m.

When Citizen Matters contacted the Samithi, they were unaware of details of the case and the judgement. R Suresh, President of the Samithi, says, “The case was primarily against BBMP, we never got involved.” He was not available for further comment. Vijayakumar says he recommended a road, as “Thousands of devotees visit the temple, causing traffic congestion and parking problems”. ⊕

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RWA members C Shantaraj, Umesh P N, V N Rao have been fighting to get the full park back, seen at the back. Pic: Navya P K.

In KEB layout in BTM 1st stage, the only children’s park area was demolished by the BBMP to build a road two years ago.

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It's a massive project. After much delay, it is getting started in Bengaluru. Get ready to get your Property Cards that establish title. JP Nagar resident M Srinath had relinquished his property in Jayanagar 8th block for Metro construction last year. The property was part of BDA layout, and was supposed to measure 1500 sq ft.

But the city survey department which measured the land on the instructions of KIADB (Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board), found that the property in fact measured 1530 sq ft.

Srinath could have got compensation for the additional land if he got a letter from BDA. But he has no such plans “I do not plan to pursue it with BDA as it might take at least two years to get BDA’s approval. But the survey was useful; I would not have known of the actual area without it.”

This is just one example. Many properties in the city do not have records of accurate m e a s u r e m e n t s . Disputes on extent and ownership of property are also common, sometimes with respect to BDA layouts too.

Urban Property Ownership Records project

All this may change if the government implements its grand plan of surveying and creating records for all properties in Bengaluru. The project, called UPOR (Urban Property Ownership Records) is already being implemented in four other cities since January 2010. In Bangalore the project may start in the beginning of next year.

The city survey department i.e. Department of Survey, Settlements and Land Records (SSLR) will be in charge of the project. SSLR is a state government department with its head office in KR Circle.

With the UPOR project, each property will be surveyed, property records verified and the owner will be issued

a Property Records Card (PRC). PRC will assign a unique plot ID to each property. It will have details such as location of property, plot/building area, owner’s name, tenure/mortgage details, history of transactions and an overview map.

Rajeev Chawla, Secretary (UPOR and Bhoomi project) at state government’s Revenue department, says that the government has agreed informally to start the project in BBMP limits. Chawla was instrumental in implementing Bhoomi Project, which led to computerisation of Revenue (agricultural) land records across the state.

Records exist now, but only partly

The current records with SSLR are based on a survey done about 40 years ago, around 1970. SSLR has detailed maps and records of that time when Bangalore’s are was just 125 sq km. Current area of the city is around 740 sq km. “Property cards were issued at the time, and there are some citizens who still own and update these cards”, says V Manjula, SSLR Commissioner.

However, many long term residents in the city are unaware of the department or the cards issued. The department has not updated any of its data in tune with transactions that happened after the 70s. For instance, if BDA had acquired land in the 90s, the details will be only with the BDA and not with the survey department. ⊕

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City Survey Department at K R Circle. Pic: Navya P K

Copy of the Property card.

Unlike khata and sale deed - which are only documents of property tax and registration re-spectively - PRC will es-tablish title to property, and hence is a more solid document. After this, all property transactions would be possible only on producing PRC.


fOr yOur INfO all about Mlc graduate constituency What is the election all about? In Karnataka Legisla-tive Council, seven of the 75 members are elected from graduate constituencies. A gradu-ate constituency is one in which only graduates from any recognised Indian university can vote. This election is held once in six years. You have to register separately as it is a separate voting list from the usual voter list used for MLA, BBMP and MP elections. Registration closes on 5th Nov 2011. Elections will be held by June 2012.You need a registration Form 18, address proof and attested degree certificate. Download from online or collect from designated officers.What are the Graduate Constituencies?Bangalore Urban, Bangalore Rural and Ramanagaram.Who can vote? The voter should be an ordinary resident of Bangalore, and should have had completed graduation

by November 1st 2008 from Indian university.What documents are required?1. A copy of your Address Proof (Voter id card, Passport, Driving Li-cense, Ration Card, BSNL Telephone Bill, Electricity Bill, or any other generally accepted document)2. Copy of your degree certificate self-attested, if you are personally submitting it.Where to submit the registration forms?39 officers have been designated for the entire constituency. Of them 21 are Rev-enue Officers from BBMP, and the rest are Tahsildars, Deputy Commis-sioners of Urban

district/BBMP etc. For the full list of officers, visit banga-lore.citizenmatters.

in/MLC-graduate-constituency-bangaloreTake your original degree certifi-cate or marksheet as proof while submitting the form. If original certificate is not available, submit a copy of the degree certificate or mark sheet attested by Gazetted Officers.

Need help with registra-tion?Volunteers from Smart Vote and other like-minded organ-isations have started a campaign to help citizens register. Contact 9742001080, 9632228287, 9731490490, 9886764822 or 9620210078. ⊕

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hypertension: the silent killerEvery minute 3 people die, somewhere in India, because of cardiovascular diseases, namely heart attack and stroke, according to studies. The sad part is - they need not die.

According to a paper published in Current Science journal in 2009 hypertension or High Blood pressure is responsible for 57% of all stroke deaths and 24% of all deaths due to heart attack.

Tragically, in majority of cases , patients are unaware of their high blood pressure. Hypertension is called the silent killer .If not treated properly, it can lead to heart attack, stroke, heart failure, kidney failure and eye complications.

How to prevent hypertension?

At individual level, you can change your lifestyle to mitigate hypertension risk , and subsequent complication. Get your blood pressure checked at least once in six months, if you are not a hypertensive. If you are a known hypertensive, you need more frequent checks. Check if you are overweight, diabetic, have a

family history of heart attack, stroke, hypertension or sudden death.

Your chance of having hypertension is increased if you have an abnormal Lipid profile or/and you are a smoker as well. It is important to check, since, often you may not get any symptoms.

You may ask :“ What can I do in addition to taking medicines if I am an hypertensive?”

The answer is , reduce your weight, cut down on your salt intake-No additional

table salt, no pickles, mixtures, salted groundnuts, Cashew nuts, No alcohol , No smoking. Have a brisk 45 minute walk at least 4 times a week. Yoga and meditation are known to help hypertensives. Regular review by your doctor is invaluable. .

Also remember, that it is not only longevity, which may be affected, but quality of life that is at risk. ⊕

pic credit: James Gathany, CDC

Col (Retd.) dR Mukul Saxena has over 30 years of cross-functional expertise in healthcare, both in the public and private sectors. email: [email protected]

Forms, Guides and FAQs at http://citizenmatters.in/MLC-graduate-constituency-bangalore


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hi-tech cleaning for your mattressEven after making her home in Koramangala, dust-free, Shilpa Rao, 55, a teacher at an international school, suffered from persistent allergic reactions. Her doctor suggested that the problem might lie in her mattress and she needs to get it cleaned. She contacted ‘Clean Fanatic’, a company specialising in cleaning mattresses. Shilpa says that after the cleaning, her wheezing has reduced considerably.

Brothers Anuroop and Sanjay Prabhakaran, 34 and 38, who live in Banaswadi, too opted for the service after constant allergic reactions to dust. “We thought it was the pollution but we are not exposed to dust outside so we decided to see if this helps,” says Anuroop.

Mattresses harbour millions of minute dust mites, that feed on dead skin and dust. These mites thrive in all seasons and do not go away after washing or shampooing. Dr Nagendra Prasad Komarla, Allergy Physician at Bengaluru Allergy Centr, off Mission Road says that the mite float easily in air as they are small and light. “Every one inhales mite bodies along with fecal

particles. The body and the droppings of mites are rich in proteins and those vulnerable to allergies get nasal allergy, lung allergy (Allergy asthma) and skin allergy,” he says.

Businesses like Clean Fanatic and Sanitair claim to specialise in sanitising mattresses. They use a High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter based vacuuming equipment, which can suck out particles of up to 0.3 microns in size. Dr Komarla says that HEPA fitted vacuum cleaners are better than normal vacuum cleaners as they can suck in more minute particles.

He adds that traditional methods of putting the mattress in the sun and beating it can help but does not entirely get rid of mites as they might settle down again with the dust. “Sunlight is strong enough to kill mites but their droppings might still remain in the mattresses,” he says. He adds that an average person does not need to go in for specialised mattress cleaning services regularly. “It can be of help to people suffering allergies or asthma,” he says.

Nishant Prasad, 34, who started Clean Fanatic seven months ago says that their cleaning process consists of three steps. It starts with sweeping the mattress with Ultra Violet light stick, then vacuuming the mattress with a HEPA filter and finally, sprayed with an organic neem based spray to minimize recurrence of dust mites. The HEPA filter does not collect the dust in a bag but in a bowl of water, attached to the machine, making the

Clean Fanatic charges Rs 700 for a double bed mattress and Rs 125 per seat of a sofa. If one wants to opt for an Annual Maintenance Con-tract (AMC) service, which consists of cleaning twice in a year, a discount of 15 – 20% on the bill can be availed. Sanitair charges Rs 300 per sofa seat and Rs 700 for a double and 500 for a single bed mattress. A discount of 15% can be availed if opting for twice a year service.

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When I was in my 2nd grade, my school used to start by 7:30 in the morning and I was one of those kinds who’d be late most of the times. The school wasn’t very far from the house, but to my tiny feet and small eyes, everything looked big and far. My mother would comb my hair and give me the bag and the tiffin box and my father would be waiting at the door asking me to hurry up. As soon as I was equipped with all the stuff, my mother would pass me on to my dad and we’d rush out of the house. I was pretty lazy and I’d wonder what’s the rush for anyway. He would drag me down the stairs holding my hand and I’d try to catch up. My father was a fast walker, that’s what I thought then. He’d take a step so big that I had to keep running to be with him. He’d never let go of my hand and the walk to the school was always like an engine tagging along a bogie. From my POV, my fathers head was somewhere up there, everytime I looked at him I could see the coconut trees in the background, he was so tall, or that’s how he appeared to me. This would happen everyday till I got in to my 5th grade and we bought a cycle and the routine changed from there. I enjoy the memory of him dragging me to the school. Now when I remember that epi-sode, I find myself standing away in that memory and I can see the very young me being dragged by my young looking father. And I can clearly see how we both were like the engine and bogie. And as I am growing older I am so looking forward to be the engine.

Off to school...

Pawan kumar’s debut film as director, lifeu Ishtene has been running successfully for more than a month now. this 29-year-old engineering dropout started out in theatre and then moved on to films with acting, scripting and now directing.

He says ‘I used to take my mom’s ribbons and tie them around my lower back thinking they’d look like the tail, and then take the little yellow plastic cricket bat on my shoulder, and jump around the house acting as the Indian god – Hanuman. that is the first bit of acting I think I started with. Growing up as a very shy child, it was in my 9th grade that I slowly started opening up to being on stage. Something that my parents wish had never happened.’

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*Deepavali Special*Dear Readers, We are happy to present to you a special literary supplement on this festive occasion. We are proud to bring a small sample of the fine talent this city offers, from established writers to upcoming ones. Hope you enjoy reading these as much as we did putting it together.

Wishing you a very happy Deepavali, Subramaniam Vincent, Meera K, Padmalatha Ravi, Navya PK, Yogaraj Mudalgi,

Raghavendra G, Ramachandran P, Vasanth


Abbakka, GubbakkaThere was a woman called Abbakka--literally, sister Abba--who came to our tile-roofed large house in the midst of a jungle. Each large house like ours, a kilometer apart at least, had the name of a village and it had a few thatched huts in the vicinity where the peasants who worked for the land-owners lived. One of them was Abbakka and I remember she had twins whom she carried in both her arms tucked in her arm-pits. They clung to her neck. Abbakka had jas-mine flowers in her oiled and tightly-plaited hair and a large kumkum on her forehead and turmeric powder on her cheeks. I think I remember her kind and mischievously smiling face and the fragrance of the jasmine flow-ers in her hair and the tobacco she shared secretly with my mother.She was familiar and yet mysteri-ous to me. This ordinarily smiling friendly domestic help who gossiped endlessly with my mother about her well-to-do and not so well-to-do rela-tives, broken marriages and miscar-riages, her waywardly yet fond hus-band, her twins who clung to her always and didn’t let her cook, was transformed on some nights, once a week. She would turn into a Devi whom the neighbours came to propi-tiate. She would then hold bunches of areca flowers, and wave them in the air with her eyes closed or staring into empty space and her freshly washed wet, dark hair gleamed over her shoul-ders in the light of burning torches

respectfully held in front of her. Her forehead was covered in kumkum and the whole face in saffron. Her whole body swayed rhythmically and she made an ecstatic moan as she swayed. People fell at her feet as if she was not the everyday Abbakka. She was no longer a low caste woman but a Devi. who advised you where to look for your lost cow, where to get medicine for your child, how to set right the young daughter-in-law who strayed away from the path of wifely duties. My grandfather, himself a priest who consulted the almanac and cowries shells and found the right star and date for auspicious occasions, would be a witness of this Abbakka with me on his shoulders. ‘Abbakka has power when the Devi possesses her which I don’t have,’ he would tell me.After one such night Abbakka came home to work, as usual, for Mother in the morning. This is how my mother used to tell me the story of my gift with words. Abbakka stands there with her twins tucked in her armpits under a pomegranate tree in the back of our house and I, standing beside the well, cry out this sentence: Áb-bakkanna gubbakka kachchikondu hoythu’. It appears Abbakka was so delighted with my gibberish that she went near a drain and emptied her full mouth of half-chewed tobacco--a real sacrifice--for, she wanted to hug and kiss me. What had I said after all? It was just a silly rhyme of Abbakka and Gubbakka. Gubbakka is an ex-

u R ananthamurthy, 79, is Jnanapith award winning kannada writer and critic. He was born in Melige village, Shimoga district. He has been awarded with Padma Bhushan and Rajyotsava awards. His prominent works include short story collection Ghata shraddha, Mouni, Prashne, novels Samskara, avasthe, Bharathipura and essays Prajne mattu parisara and Poorvapara. He now lives in Bangalore. this is an extract of the speech ‘Five decades of my writing’ he delivered at Sahitya aka-demi in 2007.

u. r. ANANthAMurthY

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The Hanuman temple street is one way now come from the old pond side, its right opposite the big Banyan tree''

Chandru wanted his mother to close down the old house and move with him to America, she wanted to give me a pair of traditional brass lamps, a heirloom piece, so come and take it

It was not the old familiar place any more In less than two kilometer I had lost my way four times. Asking for directions is a woman's preoccupation they say

The auto driver was quick òh its right next to the next road hump, just slow down and you will hit it'

I missed it.

The traffic police was more helpful `just go back and its at the first signals'

It was the same one I had passed

The doctor in a fancy car was more specific `Take a right Its right next to the superspeciality diagnostic centre, you cant miss it'

His right was my left.

Surely they were on a weekend picnic the SUV was full of sweat shirts and foot ball ìts behind the gym auntie, just drive on' What gym?

The post man, I thought would lead Ì am going on the other beat, this is the old number, now all that has changed,88 comes after 97, ask any one'

DirectionsPrAthibhA NANdAkuMAr

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Prathibha nandakumar is a Bangalore-based poet,

short story writer and playwright. She has also been

active as a journalist and documentary filmmaker. She has five collections of poetry

to her credit. Prathibha’s other publications include books

of short fiction, translations, essays, biographies of women artists and an autobiography.

The priest, aha, he will definitely know the Banyan tree, there must be a temple and the old pond near the tree `what pond? there is no pond here, all water has dried up, I take my holy dip under a tap, it doesn't even wet me whole, this is the house next to the xerox shop, the old lady rent out a portion of the garage for my son, he will show, tell him his father is going to the market, will come later'

I just stood there wondering which way to turn

Someone was frantically waving out from a window. It was grand mother. I looked around. The azbestos sheet roof superspeciality diagnostic centre, next to a corner called gym, behind number 97, opposite to the signal with out lights turning right to the hump, a small tree sort of a trunk cut into half, an old temple hiding behind a gaint bill board calling out freshness, my old ancestral home that was going to be pulled down to make way for a mall

Chikpet. Pic: Vivek Muthuramalingam, an independent photographer based

out of Bangalore. He specializes in documentary, editorial and travel

photography.

One day, when we were fishing near the pond, San-tosh found a grasshopper. “It’s a girl”“No it’s boy.”“How do you know?”“Only a boy knows when it’s another boy. He put the grasshopper in a matchbox and showed him to everybody. The grasshopper was even given a special place under Santosh’s bed.“I am going to look after him till he becomes a big boy.” The grasshopper was named Fighter. Santosh put soft grass in his box and he fed him rice from his lunch plate. Two days later, when Santosh opened his matchbox, Fighter was dead. We remembered the Doctor who came home when I had measles. “Mummy, can we take Fighter to a Grasshopper Doctor?”“There are no Grasshopper Doctors.“But, what happens to Grasshoppers who fall sick?” No one was sure about that. We had a Funeral for Fighter. We carried him in his matchbox and dug a hole for him in the park. “Fighter was a good grasshopper. We will miss him very much.” We wrote his name on a piece of paper and stuck it on a stick over his grave. Then, we all went home.

When Santosh came back to the Park the next morn-ing, the stick was missing. None of us could remem-ber the exact spot where we had buried Fighter. We searched till late in the evening before we gave up. “Why don’t you get another grasshopper?”“Never.” I do not know whether Santosh loved Fighter. But he had lost something that he owned. He was sad about that. I knew then that we owned nothing. We lost noth-ing. Only life continued. In the background was the sunset. It was just an-other day for the universe.

This is an excerpt from Ginger Soda lemon Pop by Christina Daniels, a novella that looks at growing up through the perspective of a five-year-old child.

Christina Daniels is a writer, photographer and communications professional. In 2010, she also co-authored Mind Blogs 1.0, a book of contemporary conversations, with Bangalore as its landscape. Her filmography I’ll do it my way, studying the cinema of the actor Aamir Khan, will also be published shortly.

pression of fondness for the bird gubbi, a swallow--a small bird. Abbakka was large and gubbakka was small but I had ventured to imagine that the big Abbakka was carried off by gubbakka in her small beak which picked up seeds and worms. Had I tried to match a supernatural sight of our Abbakka becoming a Devi with another fantastic happen-ing of a small bird carrying her away? I must have done this not as an idea but as a sheer delight in

rhyming a word. I remember this, thanks to the love and pride of my mother, and I wonder: don’t I work even now to balance a sentence and get the right kind of rhythm in my prose and thereby admit into my writ-ing, from an unknown source, meanings that I did not con-sciously or deliberately pursue? It is like a sudden gift when you get it in your language. Only in your language spoken by your people,

can you do this. This is indeed a primitive kind of source, and, however intelligent and sophisti-cated you are in your meaning, if you lose this primitive magical gift you can’t be a poet. You can only be a theoretician. Our great po-ets-- Bendre, Adiga and Kambar-- have this gift of making a play of words, a leela of shabd, create great meanings. But as a writer I am aware it can’t be done deliber-ately and self-consciously.

U R ANANTHAMURTHY

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Continued from Page 11protect the Metro The Metro is a reality. The stations have been named sensibly. The glass facade is being erected at many stations. The appearance is one of class and style that every Bangalorean can feel proud of.

Now comes the risk. Political groups and anti-social elements who are used to damaging public property have another beautiful target. It is very essential that apart from the government and civic authorities, the average Bangalorean has to educate all concerned to protect the Metro establishments from any misuse or damage.

In public interest, well-meaning Corporates and NGOs have to come forward to educate the public and support the movement to protect Metro from vandalism. General public have to educated to keep the stations and trains clean, sans any spitting and public nuisance of any sort. People should feel safe at any time of the day and night. Political parties including regional and linguistic groups should take a loud pledge in public glare that they will at no cost target the Metro establishments and property for any reason to express their ire on any issue, however strong the cause may be.

I appeal to all concerned to express their solidarity to protect Namma Metro: trains, platforms, stairs, glass facade, neon signs, utilities et al. ⊕

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entire process dust-free. Sanitair, a one-year old company based in Indiranagar, has a single step of using the HEPA vacuum machine. The process takes an average half hour per mattress.

The sanitising process is different from mattress cleaning service like Tippu Cleaning Services on Bannerghatta Raod. Prashant, the owner, says that they clean bedding by first applying a chemical based shampoo and scrubbing it thoroughly. Then, the lather is sucked out through a normal vacuum and left to dry for an hour. The service costs Rs 800 for a king-sized bed and Rs 600 for a single bed. “We clean about 30 mattress a month like this,” says Prashant.

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In the era of MP3s, cassettes, long play (LP) and 12-inch extended play (EP) are rare to find, but for T Nagaraju, 70, a retired LIC executive and a resident of JP Nagar, cassettes, LPs and EP s and CDs are his first love and priced possession.

His collection of 60,000 playing hours (around seven years) of Carnatic Classical music is noteworthy. “I developed the hobby of collection of music records in 1960, music has always been my priority”, says the knowledgeable music critic. One cannot escape seeing the magnificent Gramophone, which looks like an antique piece, when you enter his house. He has a collection of over 600 LPs.

His collection ranges from T N Rajarathnam Pillai (Nadaswaram), T R Mahalingam (Flute), G N Balasubramaniam (vocal) to Palghat Mani Iyer (mridangam) and of course the violin wizard Chowdiah. “Many of the records recorded almost 40-50 years back by old masters like Mahalingam and Chowdiah are still in my collection which may not be accessible to a commoner,” he avers.

Nagaraju has compositions of Bidaram Krishnappa (Chowdiah’s guru) and Mysore Vasudevachari. “The present generation wouldn’t have even heard of these

stalwarts, which is a great pity and I feel they are missing out on something,” he says.

M S Subbulakshmi, the famous Carnatic Vocalist is one of his favourite singers. Nagaraju has a colossal collection of all her recordings. “I have a rarest of rare recording of seven minutes, a master piece, with a combination of two maestros, Subbulakshmi and Chowdiah - which is one of my precious possessions”, he says with pride.

Nagaraju has also been an organiser of various sangeetha sabhas and had the privilege of being

friends with T R Mahalingam and M D Ramanathan, the renowned vocalist of yesteryears.

Chowdiah and Mahalingam’s recordings are not easily available nowadays. Suresh M L, Sales Executive in Calypso, a major music store for all genres of music in Jayanagar says, “People ask for Chowdiah’s recordings the most, but only one or two of

his renderings are available with us, there are many recordings from other famous musicians which cannot be found today”. ⊕

half a century of musical passion

nagashree Gururaj is a final year Journalism student, residing in Hanumanthanagar Her passion is photography and writing. She loves reading novels, specially Rk narayan.

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